• High Power Laser and Particle Beams
  • Vol. 34, Issue 5, 056010 (2022)
Jiao Gao, Shaohua Wang, and Hongwen Huang
Author Affiliations
  • Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, CAEP, Mianyang 621999, China
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    DOI: 10.11884/HPLPB202234.210521 Cite this Article
    Jiao Gao, Shaohua Wang, Hongwen Huang. Investigation into optimum design of recuperator at a confirmed heat transfer area[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2022, 34(5): 056010 Copy Citation Text show less
    Geometry model of the recuperator unit
    Fig. 1. Geometry model of the recuperator unit
    Mesh of the recuperator unit
    Fig. 2. Mesh of the recuperator unit
    Mesh independence test
    Fig. 3. Mesh independence test
    Temperaturevariation trend of CO2 in recuperator
    Fig. 4. Temperaturevariation trend of CO2 in recuperator
    Comparison of heat transfer coefficient
    Fig. 5. Comparison of heat transfer coefficient
    Comparison of heat transfer efficiency
    Fig. 6. Comparison of heat transfer efficiency
    Temperature variation trend of CO2 in recuperator
    Fig. 7. Temperature variation trend of CO2 in recuperator
    Comparison of pressure drop
    Fig. 8. Comparison of pressure drop
    channel diameter/mmchannel included angle/(°)pitch size/mmplate No.channel No. at each platepitch No.
    hot side1.51159302760
    cold side1.511593127
    Table 1. Geometry information of the test recuperator
    conditionTh,i/K Th,o/K ph/MPa Tc,i/K Tc,o/K pc/MPa η/%
    case1test699.45369.158.4357.75610.8519.395.2
    parallel699.45362.788.4357.75617.4819.397.2
    stagered699.45362.758.4357.75617.6819.397.3
    case2test705.15363.257.6355.45601.8520.694.2
    simulation705.15360.437.6355.45619.9520.698.2
    Table 2. Comparison of the heat transfer performance between simulation and tests
    Jiao Gao, Shaohua Wang, Hongwen Huang. Investigation into optimum design of recuperator at a confirmed heat transfer area[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2022, 34(5): 056010
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